Travellers have dumped tons of rubbish at a beauty spot famed for being where Charlie Chaplin was born in a caravan.

Around 15 caravans moved onto Black Patch Park in Smethwick, West Midlands, last Wednesday before they were evicted five days later. It is the third time in two years that travellers have invaded the 20-acre site.

Shocking pictures taken today at the scene - best known as the birthplace of the silent film star who died in 1977 - show huge mounds of trash left behind by the travellers after they were kicked off the site by Sandwell Council.

Huge piles of tyres, tables and chairs and a mattress can be seen among the mountains of waste dumped there - and a video was taken that appeared to show the rubbish being emptied onto the site.

Sofas and chairs among the rubbish left after travellers moved off Black Patch Park in Smethwick, West Midlands

The travellers dumped tons of rubbish at a beauty spot famed for being where Charlie Chaplin was born in a caravan

Around 15 caravans moved onto Black Patch Park in Smethwick last Wednesday before they were evicted five days later

The latest incident is the third time in two years that travellers have invaded the 20-acre site in the West Midlands

Shocking pictures taken today at the scene in Smethwick show huge mounds of trash left behind by the gypsies

The travellers were kicked off the site of Black Patch Park by Sandwell Council less than a week after they arrived

Council leader Steve Eling said: 'The mess at Black Patch Park is an absolute disgrace. Tons of rubbish were dumped there within just a matter of days.

'We've now secured the Black Patch site and staff are now trying to find any evidence of who is responsible for this rubbish.

A video grab of people being caught in the act dumping rubbish at Black Patch Park in Smethwick

Huge mounds of rubbish were left behind by the travellers after they were booted off the site by the local council

Black Patch Park is best known as the birthplace of the silent film star Charlie Chaplin who died in 1977

Huge piles of tyres, tables and chairs and a mattress can be seen among the mountains of waste dumped there

Sandwell Council leader Steve Eling complained that the 'mess at Black Patch Park is an absolute disgrace'

Tons of rubbish were dumped at the park in Smethwick 'within just a matter of days', according to the council leader

Anyone who transports waste without a waste carrier licence can be fined up to £5,000

Fly-tipping carries a fine of up to £40,000. Anyone who transports waste without a waste carrier licence can be fined up to £5,000.

Travellers have a long history at the Black Patch, which was visited by Chaplin's son Michael in 2015. The park, on the border of Birmingham and Sandwell, was home to a Romany Gypsy community in the 19th century.

Legend has it that Chaplin was born in a caravan there in 1889. Despite Chaplin's claims in an autobiography that he was born in London, his daughter Victoria found a secret letter in his desk suggesting otherwise.

The letter, from a man called Jack Hill, from Tamworth, to Chaplin, said: 'You were born on the Black Patch in Smethwick. So was I, two and a half years later.

'Your mum did move again with her dad's circus and later settled down in London but whereabouts I do not know.'

Travellers have a long history at the Black Patch, which was visited by Chaplin's son Michael in 2015

Council leader Mr Eling said staff are 'trying to find any evidence of who is responsible for this rubbish'

The council could link the rubbish to any business or individual who has failed to make sure it's been properly disposed of

Legend has it that Chaplin was born in a caravan on the site in the West Midlands on April 16, 1889

The park, on the border of Birmingham and Sandwell, was home to a Romany Gypsy community in the 19th century

Despite Chaplin's claims that he was born in London, his daughter found a secret letter in his desk suggesting otherwise